Africa RISING West Africa

Review and Planning Meeting

6-8 June 2018
Accra, Ghana



Objectives:
  • Review progress, operations and results for 2017/18 season.
  • Plan for implementation of activities in 2018/19 season.
  • Share updates with partners about project implementation and new directions.

Agenda

Day 1 (6 June)
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome/Opening remarks address - M. Abberton
8:40 Participants introduction, agenda overview
9:00 Update from the project manager - I. Zeledon
10:00 Break
10:30 Planning with a farming systems research perspective - L. Claessens
10:50 Discussion
11:20 Review of 2017/18 activities - see Africa RISING WA logframe to sub-activity level matrix - who will present, which sub-activity
  • Output 1.1
    • Activity 1.1.1 - A. Nurudeen (presenting Ghana sub-activities) <33 mins. pres. + 15mins Q&A> I B. Zemadim (presenting Mali sub-activities) <15 mins. pres. + 7 mins Q&A>
    • Activity 1.1.2 - H. Nantoume (Mali) <9 mins. pres. + 4 mins Q&A>
    • Activity 1.1.3 - B. Traore (Mali) <6 mins. pres + 3 mins Q&A>
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Review of 2017/18 activities (cont'd)
  • Output 1.2
    • Activity 1.2.1 - F. Kizito (presenting Ghana sub-activities) <9 mins. pres + 4 mins. Q&A> I K. Traore (presenting Mali sub-activities) <12 mins. pres. + 6 mins. Q&A>
    • Activity 1.2.2 - A.Zenebe (presenting Ghana sub-activities) <9 mins. pres + 4 mins. Q&A>

  • Output 2.1
    • Activity 2.1.1 - M. Saaka I J. Baptiste (presenting Mali sub-activities) <9 min. pres + 4 mins. Q&A>

  • Output 2.2
    • Activity 2.2.1 & 2.2.2 - B. Kotu (presenting Ghana sub-activities) <18 min. pres + 8 mins. Q&A>
15:30 Break
16:00 Review of 2017/18 activities (cont'd)
  • Output 3.1
    • Activity 3.1.1 - C. Osei (presenting Ghana sub-activities) <9 min. pres. + 4 min Q&A> I O. Sanogo (presenting Mali sub-activities) <3 min. pres. + 2 Q&A>
    • Activity 3.1.2 - G. Fischer (presenting Ghana sub-activities) <3 min. pres. + 2 min. Q&A>

  • Output 3.2
    • Activity 3.2.1 - J. Groot (presenting Ghana sub-activities) <3 min. pres. + 2 min. Q&A> I O. Sanogo (presenting Mali sub-activities) <6 min. pres. + 3 min. Q&A>

  • Output 4.1
    • Activity 4.1.1 - B. Zemadim (presenting Mali sub-activities) <6 min. pres. + 3 min. Q&A> I J.Odhong (presenting a related CKM activity) <3 min. pres. + 2 min. Q&A>
    • Activity 4.1.2 & 4.1.3 - I. Zeledon (presenting Ghana sub-activities) <15 min. pres. + 7 min. Q&A>
17:20 Quick exercise to prepare for day 2
17:30 End of day 1

Day 2 (7 June)
8:30 Presentation of draft work plans
10:00 Break
10:30 Presentation of draft work plans continued
11:30 Discussion of research gaps
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Work planning break-out groups
  • Ghana research team
  • Mali research team

Day 3 (8 June)
8:30 Work planning break-out groups (cont'd)
  • Ghana research team
  • Mali research team
10:00 Break
10:30 Work planning break-out groups (cont'd)
11:30 Reporting back on developed work plans
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Reporting back on developed work plans (cont'd)
16:00 Next steps
16:30 Closing of meeting

Background materials
  1. West Africa work plans 2017/2018 - for Ghana I for Mali (click to download)
  2. Africa RISING West Africa phase 2 log frame
  3. Africa RISING WA logframe to sub-activity level matrix - who will present, which sub-activity

Participants
  • List of all confirmed participants to be uploaded soon

Outputs

  1. Draft work plan for Africa RISING West Africa Project for 2018/2019 season



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